Science history On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular ...

The pioneering work of seven Greek scientists reshaped the fields of science and technology and left a lasting mark on the ...

After observing that ‘the automobile will maintain its dominant role in personal transportation through the foreseeable ...

Credit: Carnegie Science Hubble's discovery of the cepheid next door buttressed Curtis' argument that Andromeda was a separate galaxy from our own. Hubble would go on to measure M31's cepheid on ...

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Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.

The interior of Mars is as chunky as a delicious macadamia cookie. A new analysis of the acoustic waves that ripple through and bounce around the red planet's guts reveals that the ancient, early ...